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The Hidden Art Of Systems Integration Cont.
ATG Broadcast
ATG Broadcast, part of Dan Technologies, has assisted many clients in the construction of new HD
studios, master-control-rooms and playout facilities as well as the upgrade of existing SD systems to HD.
It has the in-house resources to cover several projects simultaneously and can point to a track record in
the management, design, installation, and commissioning of broadcast projects in many countries. With
800m2 of production space at its HQ in Hertfordshire, ATG can take on multiple projects in prefabrication...
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ewsroom upgrade – The
South African Broadcasting
Corporation (SABC) now boasts a
networked ENPS newsroom with
1,100 user licenses, the world’s
fifth largest of its kind. It has been
deployed to prepare content for all
SABC television and radio news
operations, including regional
stations and international bureaux.
The largest part of the installation,
managed and installed by ATG, is
located at SABC’s Johannesburg
HQ. In addition to the massive ENPS
system, it includes a Quantel sQ
server and editing infrastructure
for ingest, postproduction and
playout, plus Amberfin file-format
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conversion. SABC’s entire news
operation has transferred to ENPS
from an outgoing Dynatech Newstar
system. Training was an important
aspect element of the transition.
ENPS super-user instruction
for about 1,500 operators was
arranged, centred on dedicated
demonstration terminals attached
to the main system.
The project was supervised by
ATG Broadcast’s Senior Project
Engineer, Dave Whitaker, inconjunction with UK-based and
SA-based colleagues. The system
was installed in co-operation with
Johannesburg-based regional
agent, Questek.
The SABC now boasts a networked ENPS newsroom
Broadcast Center Europe
dB Broadcast
Luxembourg-based BCE has over 20 years’
experience and expertise in launching and
upgrading television channels and radio stations
throughout Europe such as for Arte - France, Nova
TV – Bulgaria and RTL Televizija – Croatia.
Cambridge-based dB specialises in broadcast
installations and product development. With over
50 full-time staff, dB claims to be one of the few
system integration companies with experience
from studio through to transmission....
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TL Group has entered the Indian
market with the group’s first
channel outside of Europe in a joint
venture TV channel for the Indian
market, Big RTL Thrill.
With local partners Reliance
Broadcast Network, RTL Group
launched the action entertainment
channel last November using the
turnkey TV over internet solution
from BCE. Working as a self-service
platform, it includes all the software
and hardware needed to run a fully
file-based television channel.
“BCE’s Integrated TV Services are
a breakthrough in modern television;
it is the perfect combination between
internet with its cost-effective and
flexible workflow and the TV world
with its high-quality needs and
complex tasks,” commented Tun
Van Rijswijck, COO at BCE.
The solution includes systems to
automatically monitor, manage and
trigger tasks like electronic quality
check, creation of commercial
breaks, delivery of low resolution
files for subtitling and full dubbing,
audio lay-back to master files
and storage.
It includes the traffic software
with the programme and rights
management, the organisation of
programme grids and their related
costs and the creation of the running
order with the secondary events for
the automation.
“All the traffic software is cloudbased and located in Luxembourg.
Besides reducing the costs it also
gives the channel the opportunity
to use only the modules needed,”
added Alex Seca, Broadcast IT
Manager at BCE.
With more than 200 staff,
BCE serves about 400 clients in
sectors ranging from technical
services for television, radio,
production and post-production to
telecommunications and IT.
India’s Big RTL Thrill is RTL Group’s
ﬁrst channel outside Europe
t has been involved in flagship
projects such as the BBC’s
Broadcasting House development
in London W1 and a four-year
contract with Arqiva to supply and
install Programme Input Equipment
at 90 UK transmitter sites as part
of digital switchover (DSO). This
project was completed at the end
of last year.
Sky Studios revamp – Sky's new
five studio facilities in Osterley are
designed to enable the broadcaster
to distribute programmes to
traditional satellite, new media
streaming, mobile phone services
and other platforms. dB Broadcast
was appointed to install, test and
commission the core technical
facilities including covering the
central technical areas and master
control room.
“Size and timescales were not
the only major issues because
the entire core infrastructure was
designed and installed to the highest
standards to enable 3G signals to
be carried successfully around
the building,” explains Tom Swan
Sales and Marketing Director. “There
dB Broadcast installed cable
runs at the BBC
was considerable use of fibre and
Ethernet interconnectivity utilising
the building’s structured cabling.”
Another major area of work which
dB Broadcast undertook was
supporting the period of migration
of equipment and services into
the building while maintaining
live broadcasts.
Says Swan: “This was done
working closely with BSkyB
specialists to ensure the process
and turnaround time met the
tight timescales required for
service migration.”
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